Poisoned || Mattheo Riddle

𝕽eminders 𝕺f 𝕷ast 𝕹ight || Chapter Two

Finn let the smoke escape her mouth and handed it back to Seb. "About what?"

"About Potter-boy and Voldemort, of course."

"That he's back?"

"Yeah."

She scrunched her eyebrows and sighed. "I dunno. He might, I mean, what reason do Harry and Dumbledore have to lie about such a thing?"

Seb shrugged. "Maybe it's what the prophet says. Maybe Dumbledore wants to take over from Fudge?"

Finn scoffed. "I don't think you should believe what the Prophet says. That's a corrupt business."

"Nothing is as corrupt as prostitution," he declared.

Finn looked up at him, her eyes slightly squinted, the corners of her mouth twitching up and her head tilted. "Why did your mind go to prostitution?"

"Well, you gotta pay for it, and whoever pays more gets their way. Basically politics."

Finn chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, actually, you're right."

"I'm always right."

Finn raised an eyebrow and tilted her head. "Why'd you ask?"

"No reason."

"I don't buy that."

"Well, maybe if you spend more money you'll get your way."

"That doesn't make any sense. I'm feeding you weed right now. That's the payment."

Seb chuckled, but it sounded a little different than usual. "I'm not going to talk about my feelings with you every time you feed me weed."

She rolled her eyes with a big smile on her face. "Come on, tell your favourite person."

"Oh, so now I am your favourite person?" he chuckled.

"No, I'm yours."

"I'm yours too," he winked.

She playfully rolled her eyes. "Just tell me what's wrong."

He sighed. "Fine." Seb took a long hit from the blunt before he spoke again. "You know how both my parents used to be Voldy's buddies, don't you?"

She nodded. "Just like a lot of other Slytherins, yeah."

He sighed. "Well, I don't want to become Voldy's buddy."

"Why would you?"

"My mum might be dead, but my dad's still in Azkaban."

"Exactly, he's in Azkaban. He can't brainwash you into joining the Death Eaters."

"What if he escapes?"

"He won't-"

"-What if he does, Black did."

Finn placed a hand on his shoulder. "He won't, Seb. And if he does, I believe we're safe at Hogwarts."

"But what if we're not?"

Finn chuckled and leaned her head on his shoulder. "As long as you don't want to join, you won't. I'll give you my weed to pay him off."

He chuckled, eyes to the ground and blunt between his lips. Then he looked up with a big grin. "I think your weed will be most valuable indeed."